CURTISS-WRIGHT AWARDED MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR ORDER FROM WESTINGHOUSE
ROSELAND, N.J. – May 06, 2008 – Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW) announced today that it has signed an agreement with Westinghouse Electric Company LLC to provide reactor coolant pumps (RCPs) for up to four AP1000TM Generation III+ commercial nuclear power plants or a total of 32 RCPs. In conjunction with the agreement, Curtiss-Wright has received purchase orders valued in excess of $300 million to supply the first 24 domestic AP1000 RCPs. The RCPs will be used in Westinghouse’s AP1000 design reactors which will produce 1,100 megawatts each. Curtiss-Wright’s Electro-Mechanical Division (CW-EMD), a division of the Flow Control segment, will produce the RCPs at its Cheswick, PA facility. More... |
